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Camp AuSome! Summer Camp for individuals with
HFA and Asperger’s Syndrome
This day camp provides an experience for school-aged children in the Roanoke Valley with a
diagnosis of High-Functioning Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome. Camp incorporates social skills,
problem-solving, team building and daily living skills within the context of a day camp where
fun, creativity and exploration are emphasized. Age groups include: Primary: K-2, Secondary: 35, Middle: 6-8, High: 9-12
This 3 week camp runs July 13th-July 30th, Mondays-Thursdays, from 9:00AM-3:00PM.
Cost is $1200 for all 3 weeks.
Camp Director– Shelley Ionescu, MS,
Occupational Therapy, working in conjunction
with BRAAC Behavior Analysts
and BRAAC’s Behavior Technicians.
Each week supports a respective theme. As camp proceeds with each theme, ideas and skills
learned in the previous weeks are reinforced, to ensure a cumulative effect, which emphasizes
how self, friends and community interact with one another. This plan reinforces the differences
in social skills encountered in each social domain of self, friends/family, and the larger
community. Challenges and activities are presented in a problem-solving manner, in which the
counselors serve as facilitators and state the objective, but the campers come up with both the
“problem/s” and the “answer/s” Each sub-set of students determine individual group member’s
responsibilities for each task before an activity begins, what the procedure for the activity should
be (how the objective will be accomplished), helping one another (rather than asking a counselor
for help) during the activity and debriefing after the activity.
Special visitors, field trips and activities support the theme. A packed lunch is eaten as a large group,
except when sub-groups would rather have a picnic. Daily snacks are provided. Each week, a group will
prepare a meal or snack for the entire camp.
Daily/Weekly activities include:
Swimming
Arts/Crafts
Daily Puzzle/Mystery
Hiking/Fishing/Exploring flora/fauna
Gym time
Stables: therapeutic riding or stable chores when available
Down time/Free time in which children may choose alone time if they wish.
Game time
Field Trip
Every day begins with a preview of the day’s activities, with each camper having a daily “map” schedule,
so that those who need visual supports get their needs met without being singled out. Every day ends with a
review, where the team members discuss their likes/dislikes of the day, ending with each child sharing
something they learned that day, or something that they really enjoyed. Additionally, something positive is
shared about each member, so that every camper goes home with a heart full of things that are good about
them.
*Must sign up for all 3 weeks. Register for Camp at BRAAC on April 1st , 9:00AM. First come, first
serve. Camp will fill up quickly. For more information, call Tammie-366-7399.